Glove turner



Oct. 15, 1940. c. SNYDER 2,218,056

GLOVE TURNER Filed Oct. 14, 1939 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 a :Z/Z. /5" .9

l- U II v 49 I /9" i J I 5 I v o /8 Z2 g Inventor I I .C'azzradizzyzier Patented Oct. 15, 1940 UNITED STATES to Arnold 0. AgedaL Esperance, N. Y. Application October 14, 1939, Serial No. 299,563

1 Claim.

This invention relates to glove turners, and more particularly to .a device for turning gloves inside out and for restoring the gloves to a rightside-out condition and has for the primary object the provision of a device of the above stated character which will permit glove turning to be easily and rapidly carried out without danger of damage to the glove and will permit the operator to turn a large number of gloves within a short period of time and will be found especially useful in the manufacture of gloves where it is necessary to turn a large number of gloves inside out to remove uneven and ragged edges and other undesirable parts left in the glove during the making thereof and to restore or return the glove to a right-side-out position after the trimmings and other conditionings of the gloves have been carried out.

With these and other objects in View, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

For a complete understanding of my invention, reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation illustrating a glove turner constructed in accordance with my invention.

Figure 2 is a rear elevation illustrating the device.

Figure El is a front elevation, partly in section, illustrating the device.

Figure 4 is a sectional View taken on the line 44 of Figure 1.

Figure 5 is a detail sectional view taken on the line 5-5 of Figure 4.

Figure 6 is a fragmentary perspective View illustrating a connecting rod employed between the foot treadles and an operating rod.

Referring in detail to the drawings, the numeral 5 indicates a base on which is mounted a vertically arranged post or pedestal 6 having its upper end cut-away to form stepped faces 1 which coact in forming a seat for a glove support 8 of a shape and size which will permit a glove to be brought thereover if desired. The glove support 8 is detachably secured to the upper portion of the pedestal 5 by bolts or like fasteners 9. The top face of the glove support 8 is fiat and has mounted thereon a plurality of vertically arranged tubes lll spaced a selected distance from each other and which will readily enter the finger stalls of a glove when the latter is brought to rest or partly over the glove support 8.

The tubes [0 are preferably provided with fiat portions Ill which are fitted in slots ll formed in the support 8. After the fitting of the flat portions Ill in the slots tie bolts l2 pass through said flat portions of the tubes and support to prevent accidental displacement of the tubes from the support. The ends of the tie bolts may be covered with a plastic material l3 so that they will not catch into a glove during the use of this device.

Spaced guides II are secured on the rear face of the post or pedestal 5 for slidably supporting and operating a bar I2, the upper end of which has secured thereto a head l3 shaped similar to a hand with the fingers I4 thereof pointing downwardly and in direct alignment with the tubes l0 so that the fingers may readily enter the tubes on the head moving downwardly.

A coil spring I5 is connected to one of th guides I l and to the lower end of the part l2 for urging the latter upwardly to space the fingers of the head l3 from the tubes. A cross bar I6 is secured to the lower end of the bar l2 and fits within notches ll of foot treadles l8 supported at the toe ends thereof by strap hinges l9 mounted on the base 5. The bar It may be provided with rollers 20 to engage in the notches H. The foot treadles l8 are so arranged that a person sitting in front of the device may straddle the post or pedestal with both feet upon the treadles and by pressing downwardly upon the heel portions, the bar 12 will be slid downwardly against the action of the spring l5 causing the fingers M of the head l3 to move into the tubes ID.

The pedestal or post 6 is firmly anchored on the base by braces 22.

In operation, the operator positions the glove on the device by bringing the tubes In into the finger stalls of the glove with the hand portion of the glove either resting upon the glove support 8 or brought thereover for a limited distance; The operator then presses downwardly upon the heel portions of the treadles causing the fingers M of the head l3 to move into the tubes carrying the finger stalls of the glove into the tubes. The treadles are then allowed to rise under the influence of the spring l5 which withdraws the fingers M of the head l3 from the tubes. Then by pulling the glove off of the tubes the glove will be turned inside out so that trimming and other PATENT "OFFICE conditioning operations may be carried out on the inner surfaces of the glove and finger stalls thereof. When it is desired to restore the glove to a right-side-out condition the glove is placed upon the tubes and the operation heretofore described is repeated so that when the glove is again lifted off of the tubes and the glove rest it will be right-side-out.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings it will be seen that the operator can turn a large number of gloves rapidly through the use of this invention and that the turning operation can be successfully carried out without danger of damage or mutilation tothe glove.

It is believed that the foregoing description when taken in connection with the drawings Will fully set forth the construction and advantages of this invention to those skilled in the art to which such a device relates, so that further detailed description will not be required.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is:

In a device of the character described, a base,

a vertically arranged pedestal on said base, a glove support carried by said base and removable therefrom, spaced tubes mounted on said glove support, a bar slidably mounted on the pedestal and extending above the latter, a head carried by said bar and including spaced fingers to enter said tubes for forcing the finger stalls of the glove into the tubes to bring about turning of the glove on the removal thereof from the glove support and tubes, a spring attached to said bar and pedestal for positioning the head above the upper ends of the tubes, foot treadles hingedly mounted on the base and having notches, a cross rod connected to said bar and extending into the notches, and rollers on said rod to engage in the notches.

CONRAD SNYDER. 

